GoodTask vs Unforgetful

GoodTask

• People who keep tasks in Apple Reminders and want more ways to view them
• Seeing reminders and calendar events together in one plan
• Buyers who prefer a one-time purchase to a subscription

Unforgetful

• People who dismiss a notification and then forget the task
• Apple Reminders and Siri users who want persistent alerts
• A short list of near-term tasks, not project planning

GoodTask

• Apple devices only: apps are listed for iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro, Apple Watch and Mac.
• The Mac app ($39.99) and full access on iPhone and iPad ($19.99) are bought separately.
• After the 14-day trial on iOS, continuing requires the one-time unlock or the Supporter subscription.
• The Apple Watch app is a companion that is used together with an iPhone.

Unforgetful

• A subscription is required to use the app; there is no free plan once the one-month trial ends.
• By design it has no calendar, scheduling, timers, collaboration, tags, folders or archives.
• It is for Apple devices only: the App Store lists iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
• The developer says dictation records the whole phrase as the title and does not yet pick dates or times out of it.

GoodTask

Built on Reminders and Calendar

GoodTask works on the reminders and calendar events already on your devices, so an edit stays with the original reminder and syncs between devices through iCloud.

Smart Lists

Smart Lists bring together tasks from different lists and calendars and filter them by date, priority, tag and more, such as overdue or recently added tasks.

List, calendar, board and matrix views

A list can be shown by day, week or month, as kanban-style boards grouped by date, priority, list or tag, or as a Matrix View with four customizable quadrants.

Today Page and focus timer

Today Page lets you pick what to work on without changing due dates and shows calendar events beside the plan. Next Page focuses on one task with a timer.

Quick Actions and text snippets

A Quick Action applies a saved set of edits, such as rescheduling, changing priority, moving a task or adding tags. Presets and text snippets fill in details as you type.

Subtasks, repeats and Templates

Tasks break into subtasks and repeat on flexible schedules, and groups of tasks can be saved as Templates for routines such as a weekly review.

Unforgetful

Works on Apple Reminders data

Tasks are read from and written to Reminders, so there is no import or export, Siri's "Remind me" requests show up, and it can be used alongside Reminders or other apps on that data.

Notifications that repeat

Every task keeps notifying until it is completed or deleted, even after a notification has been missed or dismissed.

Smart snooze

Snooze intervals are based on each task's snooze history and grow as a task is snoozed more often. Nothing is marked overdue.

Spaced-out alerts

Tasks due at the same moment are spread out so they do not arrive as one pile, and a recurring task that was missed several times is rescheduled from now.

Delayed location reminders

A location-based reminder can fire a set time after arrival, for example five minutes after getting home.

Capture by dictation

A microphone button in the app, its widgets and its Lock Screen and Control Center controls records a spoken task as a title.

GoodTask

• Unlock Everything$19.99

  one-time in-app purchase

  Full access to the app for iPhone, iPad, Apple Vision Pro and Apple Watch after the 14-day trial.

• GoodTask Supporter$19.99

  per year

  Optional auto-renewing subscription that gives full access on iOS while active and supports continued development.

• GoodTask for Mac$39.99

  one-time purchase

  The Mac app, sold on the Mac App Store separately from the iPhone and iPad app.

Unforgetful

• Unforgetful Annual$19.99

  per year

  The only plan. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac, and it starts after a one-month free trial.